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GARAGE.

Application filed October 30, 1920. Serial No. 420,647.

To all fio/1.0m z5 may con/cem Be it known that I, HOWARD l?. Srnncns, a citizen of the United States,residing at Glenellyn, in the count-y ont Du Page and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garages, of which `the following is a specification.

My invention relates to garages, and has particular reference to a garage having superposed fioors to which the machine is driven under its own power.

The principal object of the inventionis to provide an improved building of the class described, for the storage of vehicles.

In the drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of my invention- Fig. 1 is a plan view of the ground floor of such an improved building;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of an intermediate floor; and

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the building, partially in section.

I am aware that buildings have been proposed in which the various floors were intended to be connected by inclines or ramps for the purpose of enabling self-propelled vehicles to be driven by theirI own power from one floor to another, without the use of elevators. I-Iowever, so fiar as I am aware, such proposed structures have not found favor in practice, for a number of reasons, the principal reasonbeing the diiiiculty of manipulating` the vehicle and the danger of accidents. My invention is designed to reduce the difiiculties and dangers of operation to a minimum.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that my improved building is of what may be termed the spiral type and is substantially circular. In Fig. 1, which is a ground floor plan, it will be seen that one of the quadrants ol' the circle representing the outline olt the building is replaced by a square, the square corner thus formed being utilized 'for a passenger entrance 10 and a bank o'l elevators 11. It will be understood also that if ground space is very valuable, the lower floors of the building may also be made with corners so as to provide space for stores, restaurants, or other commercial purposes.

Considering the building in its simplest form, that is to say, circular, it will be seen that the building, so far as itsstructural elements are concerned, is of skeleton type.

The columns 12 stand. upon concrete bases be generated in the building, by reason of its use for the purpose described.

The ground floor area of the central well 15 may be used as a workshop where vehicles can be cleaned or repaired.

The several ioors of the building are inclined and arranged helically or spirally around the central well 15. They are, however, horizontal as to points on said floors on thesame radial line; that is to say, the floor extends laterally in a horizontal direction between the inner series of columns 14 and the outer series of columns 18 at the exterior ot' the building.

I have discovered that in order to make a successful building of this type, it is necesof sufficient width to enable vehicles to pass each other while driving at fair speed. Also, in order to avoid great loss of space, the building should be of considerable. size. A diameter in excess of two hundred feet is indicated for a building designed for the storage of passenger automobiles. This enables me to accommodate a double row of parking spaces, comprising an outer row 19 and an inner row 2O on opposite sides of the double driveway 21, said driveway 21 being oi ample width to enable the cars to pass each other in ascending and descending the incline.

The large size of the building also enables the several iioors to be made with substantial. head-room, for instance, twelve to iifteen feet in height, while at the same time the incline is kept down within very moderate limits. I find it advisable to mark the driveway with a central marker 22 which extends the entire length of the driveway and divides the streams of ascending and descending cars. Under ordinary circumstances, the outer portion 23 of the driveway.

will be used for ascending cars and the inner portion 24 of the driveway Will be used for descending vehicles.

The entrance 25 and exit 26' for vehicles 'are preferably placed side by side on that side of the building' Where there is least pedestrian traliic, the entrance l() for passengers being` usually located on the busiest side of the building. In order to prevent the dangers incident to vehicles bucking the tralliiin traveling to and from their parking places, it is desiralile to have at some point on each? floor a turning space and to require all drivers toi turn in this space when. changing from the outer or up driveway to the inner or downdriveway` lt will be noted that` there will be nooccasion for vehiclesto'change from they downto the"11p-driveway, unless they orershoot their parking places by mistake. It willl be understood that under ordinary circumstances, the outer rouT of parking places on the bottom floor Will first be filled, after which the inner row will be lledup, a suitable check system being-y installedat the entrance to prevent confusion and theft.

It will be observed-.that the corner ofthe building furnishesl ampleroom 27 for turning' purposes, as above described, and also enables a car to Withdraw out of the traihc When desired for anyI reason; for instance,

glazed, there being provided merely a Wall or parapet 28 to prevent vehicles or other objects from falling into the Well.

I claim as my invention:

l. A building comprising an outer Wall, a helical lioorway supported. at its outer edge by said Wall, a central well formed within the convolutions of said tloorway and extendingr substantially from the bottom to the top of said building, and a series of spaced columns along the inner edge of said floorway forming the sole connection between the c-onvolutions of the floor-Way at said edge to permit sul'istau ally unob structed cireulatioi'i of air throughout the building` and from the space between the convoli-itions into the Well.

2. A building comprising an outer wall, a helical doorway supported at its outer edge by said Wall, a central well formed Within `the' convolutions of said floorway and extending substantially from the bottom to the top of said building7 and a skeleton inner Wall forming the support for the inner edge of said floorway to permit substantially unobstructed circulation of air throughout the building and from the space between the convolutions into the Well.

3. A building comprising an outer wall, a helical floorway supported at its outer edge by said Wall, a central Well formed Withinthe convolutions ofsaid floorWay and extending substantially from the bottom tor the top of said building, supporting columns disposed at intervals along the inner edge of said floorway and forming the sole connection bet-Ween the convolutions of the'floorway at said edgeto permit substantially unobstructed circulation of air throughout the building and from the space between the eonvolutions into the well, and. a parapet extending along said inner edge and connecting' said columns. Y

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